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We Want Peace

Aceh After The Tsunami

BY AFSC
A useful resource on AFSC's work in Aceh in the immediate aftermath of the Tsunami, and the rebuilding of livelihoods and communities afterwards. Then staying to pursue long term reconciliation and recovery. See this video in three parts on Youtube on AFSC Videos Chanel.

AFSC 2009 11 MINS Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

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Bringing The War Home

On The Road With Eyes Wide Open

BY AFSC
Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee's widely-acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq War, features a pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty, a field of shoes and a Wall of Remembrance to memorialize the Iraqis killed in the conflict, and a multimedia display exploring the history, cost and consequences of the war. Since January 2005, this simple exhibit of empty boots and shoes has opened eyes and stirred emotions across the country. This short documentary captures the essence of Eyes Wide Open, a stark reminder of the human cost of the Iraq War.

AFSC 2006 12 MINS Disk

$7.50 (in stock)

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Taking Root / Echando Raices

Immigrant And Refugee Communities In California, Texas, And Iowa.

BY AFSC
A study book & video. The 1st section focuses on 3 groups in California: the Latinos, the Hmong community from Laos and Vietnam; and the Guatemalans. The second section concerns the immigrants in Houston. The third section, "Midwest Migration," concerns the new meat packing plant in Iowa that recruited Latino immigrants for $6 an hour without providing English classes, medical compensation, or safety features. In English and Spanish. Workbook in English only. Production is excellent. Stories and reflections from immigrants and refugees are woven together with scenes of community life and a vibrant musical score. Also included are perspectives from scholars and activists.

AFSC 2003 BK AND CD Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

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Windows And Mirrors

Relections On The War In Afghanistan - A Catalog

BY AFSC AND THE GODWIN TERNBACH MUSEUM
Windows and Mirrors is a traveling exhibit of artists and children's depictions of the war in Afghanistan. These "windows" on a war torn country are also "mirrors" reflecting our identity as a nation at war. Active peacemaking involves making known what is hidden and that is what the artists in this exhibition have tried to do. The panels are shown in color and there is an explanation of the image and biography of the Artist who created it - around 38 panels in all.

AFS and the Godwin-Ternbach Museum 2010 100 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

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Quaker Service In Modern War (5197)

Spain And France 1939-1940

BY HOWARD KERSHNER
SECONDHAND BOOK, Hardback in very good condition with dust cover. The author describes the work of the International Commission for the Assistance of Child Refugees an agency formed by English Quakers to work in Spain and France consolidating the work of AFSC and other groups working to relieve suffering on both sides of the conflict P,AFSC

1950 195 PP. Cloth

$25.00 USED - availability checked Mar 14th 4:13pm EDT

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Constructive Spirit

Quakers In Revolutionary Russia

BY DAVID MCFADDEN AND CLAIRE GORFINKEL, OVERVIEW BY SERGEIT NIKITIN
In the chaotic aftermath of WWI, the newly-formed American Friends Service Committee sent a team of six women to join their British counterparts who were helping refugees fleeing from Poland into Russia. Quaker workers stayed on through the famine and the early years of the Bolshevik revolution, providing innovative relief and reconstruction programs, all the while witnessing to Friends testimonies. Constructive Spirit includes dramatic first-hand narratives of their courageous adventures. It examines America's responses to the emerging Communist nation and issues of service, advocacy and witness that Quaker organizations are still trying to balance today. AFSC.

Intentional Productions 2004 232 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

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Planting The Good Seed

Letters From A Quaker Relief Workerr

BY ROBERT MCCOY
A young Quaker farmer spends three years in many parts of Europe doing relief work after WWII with the AFSC. Told in very detailed and fascinating letters home about life in an extraordinary period of world history, McCoy documents this time. He met his future wife in Germany and her short poem, "What is Love," appropriately ends the book. Many illustrations.

Wilmington College Peace Research Center 2007 330 PP. Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

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Beyond Prisons

A New Interfaith Paradigm

BY LAURA MAGNANI AND HARMON WRAY
This strong indictment of the current prison system, undertaken by two respected experts on behalf of the American Friends Service Committee, traces the history and features of our penal system, offers strong ethical and moral assessments of it, and lays out a whole new paradigm of criminal justice based on restorative justice and reconciliation. The book puts forward a 12-point plan for immediate changes. Magnani and Wray offer a truly radical analysis that penetrates to the roots of the crisis, challenges long-held assumptions, and imagines thoughtful alternatives. AFSC.

Fortress Press 2006 208 PP. Paper

$13.00 (in stock)

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The Quaker Approach To Contemporary Problems. (13013)

EDITED BY JOHN KAVANAUGH
Ex library reprint from 1970 or the 1953 original. Edited by John Kavanagh as PR director of AFSC. Contains articles on subjects like science, civil liberties, business by well known Friends such as Kathleen Lonsdale, Henry Cadbury and Kenneth Boulding.Good condition. SECONDHAND BOOK.

Greenwood Press 1953 241 PP. Cloth

$8.00 USED - availability checked Mar 14th 4:13pm EDT

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Putting Dignity & Rights At The Heart Of The Global Economy

A Quaker Perspective

BY A F S C
Global economic justice is the bedrock of a peaceful world. As an organization long committed to achieving peace and justice, the AFSC commissioned this report to stimulate reflection and discussion among the Service Committee, the Religious Society of Friends, and the wider community in order to advance the structural changes needed to build a just global economy - an economy founded on respect for inherent dignity and equal rights.

AFSC 2005 118 PP Blank

$7.00 (in stock)

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Quiet Helpers

Quaker Service In Postwar Germany

BY ACHIM VON BORRIES
Friends translated this account of Quaker relief work in Germany, written originally for the Stille Helfer exhibit. It is a useful and readable analysis of how and why Quakers were involved in building bridges with the vanquished. The account includes descriptions of the efforts of Friends to prevent the sufferings of Jews and descriptions of contemporary service efforts. copublication of QPS in Britain and AFSC in America.

Britain Yearly Meetin/AFSC 2000 62 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

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After Sorrow

An American Among The Vietnamese

BY LADY BORTON
Borton was an administrator for AFSC in Quang Ngai Province, one of the few Americans to work in both South and North Vietnam during the war. From 1987-1993, she again lived in Vietnam. This memoir is about the village women she lived with at that time, women who were so involved in the terrors of the war, and their puzzling new lives now in the rapidly westernizing Vietnam.

Kodansha 1995 304 PP. Paper

$9.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

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Growing Pains

Poems

BY ALAN BRICK
Alan Brick has led many popular workshops on writing for friends at the FGC gathering and at Pendle Hill. He has worked for AFSC and the FOR. This book is divided into seven sections of poems; about being young to growing old, reflecting on how life "is" as one grows, on people, on religion, on war, and on politics.

Xlibris 2007 146 PP. Paper

$12.00 (in stock)

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American Friends Service Committee T Shirt

FROM A F S C
Very ethical T shirt - Organic cotton, fair traded and Union made in Mexico. Unbleached attractive off white color with discrete wording saying "American Friends Service Committee: Quaker values in action" and has the AFSC star emblem. Available in Youth M, L, and Adult M. L, XL, XXL. REPLY TO CONFIRMATION EMAIL TO TELL US REQUIRED SIZE

AFSC T SHIRT Blank

$15.00 (in stock)

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American Friends Service Committee

Baseball Hat

FROM AFSC
Black baseball hat with the words American Friends Service Committee and the Quaker Star on the front. Just a few left in a color that will keep your head toasty warm all summer long. Made in Bangladesh. AFSC,

AFSC ONE SIZE Blank

$7.50 (out of stock but can be backordered)

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American Friends Service Committee Tote Bag

FROM AFSC
Nice looking red/black Tote bag with three side pockets and Velcro central closing on main bag. Long handles. Says "American Friends Service Committee: Quaker values in action" and has the AFSC star emblem. Made in China

AFSC BAG Blank

$15.00 (in stock)

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Tracing The Rainbow

BY MARY HOXIE JONES
The daughter of Rufus Jones, after graduating from Haverford she accompanied her parents around the world, while her father lectured at various international gatherings. The highlight of the trip being a visit with Gandhi in India. From 1927 to 1939 she worked for various Quaker organizations in the Philadelphia area. In 1939, she joined AFSC to coordinate the Friends Centers in Europe during wartime and helped prepare her fathers papers for his autobiography. She published four books of poetry, four of history. This her last book of poetry, Tracing the Rainbow, was published in 1995.

Golden Quill 1995 71 PP. Cloth

$4.50 (in stock)

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When The Post War World Was New

BY ALZINA STONE DALE
Graduating from Swarthmore in 1952 Alzina volunteered to help rebuild war-torn Europe. She went with a Quaker (AFSC) work group to a devastated Finland beyond the Arctic circle. She subsequently spent time in London and travelling in Europe. Written with her diaries of the period this is the story of those years.

Tate Publishing 2009 341 PP. Paper

$24.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

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For More Than Bread (323)

An Autobiographical Account Of 22 Years At Afsc

BY CLARENCE PICKETT
SECONDHAND, fair condition hardback with no dust jacket. First edition, A great history of the work of AFSC into the 1950's by its former General Secretary. From America to Europe and Russia and to Palestine. With many personal anecdotes. )

Little Brown 1953 433 PP. Cloth

$7.50 USED - availability checked Mar 14th 4:13pm EDT

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Whirlwind Of Life

The Story Of Emilia Fogelklou

BY MALIN ANDREWS
This is an abbreviated English language version of a best selling Swedish book. Emilia Fogelklou became a Quaker after involving herself in many of the issues of her time like suffrage, psychology, modern theological thinking. It was not a well known religion in Sweden, but she searched long and hard. She was a mystic who was also an active worker for peace and justice with AFSC in the ruins of Europe after WW2. This is a lively book about an inspiring and unusual Friend who also spent time In America

Britain Yearly Meeting 2004 208 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

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Traveling Between The Lines

Europe In 1938: The Trip Journal Of John F. Randolph And His Daughter's Response

BY REBECCA MCBRIDE
Quaker author Rebecca McBride writes in response to her father's journal of a trip taken by her parents to Europe in 1938, one year before the start of World War II. John F. Randolph, 34, a mathematician, and his wife Margaret, 27, traveled by train, rented bicycles, and slept in youth hostels--a typical tour in an atypical time. Knowing what took place in Germany in 1938 and what would follow throughout Europe, the author began to research the historical context for the trip and ask, how much did they know, and what did they see? The book combines her father's trip journal with her historical commentary, including references to Quakers and AFSC involvement in helping Jewish refugees.

Epigraph Bks 2010 220 PP. Paper

$17.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

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Immigration Action Pack

With Taking Root And Rights On The Line Dvd's

BY AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE
A useful resource for campaigns and meetings interested in working on Immigration. Pack contains. Two "No human being is illegal" car stickers and badge, Rights on the line / Derechos Sobre la Linea DVD, Taking root / Echando RaicesDVD, Honoring our human dignity pamphlet, "New Path toward a humane immigration Policy" booklet, Seeing that of God in our neighbors pamphlet. Compiled by AFSC

AFSC 2011 MANY ITEMS Boxed

$7.50 (out of stock but can be backordered)

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Quaker In Vietnam

Rick Thompson, 1949-1973 - Php 367

BY BETH TAYLOR
This pamphlet is a personal history of Rick Thompson, who worked for the AFSC at their Quang Ngai hospital during the Vietnam War. Rick died in Vietnam. He was the author's first cousin, so based on letters, journals, and interviews with family and friends, she covers his journey of conscience as it led him into the heart of the Vietnam War.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2003 34 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

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Ancient Ways

Indigenous Healing Innovations For The 21st Century

BY GERAL BLANCHARD
Drawing from sacred shamanic traditions and contemporary North American medicine, Blanchard explains how old and new healing strategies are surprisingly compatible and combine for a more powerful potentiating effect. For the therapist who desires a more reverent and meaningful counseling practice, this book offers a solid theoretical foundation for this important work. See afsc.org/audio/geral-blanchard-ancient-ways-indigenous-wisdom

Neari Press 2010 Paper

$24.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

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Friends In The Delaware Valley (45631)

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1681-1981

EDITED BY JOHN M. MOORE
Secondhand Copy. paperback, in OK condition for reading not gifting. An anthology of articles tracing the history , the ending of the separation, women in, the AFSC in, and relations to the Indians of PYM.

Friends Historical Association 1981 262 PP. Paper

$12.00 USED - availability checked Mar 14th 4:13pm EDT

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Quakers In The Israeli - Palestinian Conflict

The Dilemmas Of Ngo Humanitarian Activism

BY NANCY GALLAGHER
When war broke out in Palestine in 1948, The UN asked AFSC to provide humanitarian relief to Arab refugees in Gaza. AFSC also sent volunteers to work in Israel, where they hoped to serve both Arabs and Jews. Its goal was repatriation of the refugees and conciliation and coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians. As eyewitnesses to some of the major events of the conflict, the AFSC volunteers came to understand it better than most outsiders at the time. By examining these early efforts at peacemaking and assistance, historian Nancy Gallagher has uncovered essential insights for today's peacemakers, human rights activists, and humanitarian NGOs.

American University in Cairo Press 2007 240 PP. Cloth

$29.95 (in stock)

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Norman Whitney (319)

Spectator Papers

BY NORMAN WHITNEY EDITED BY ADELE RICKETT
SECONDHAND COPY. Paperback, fair condition. Norman Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. he helped establish the Syracuse Peace Council. Worked at AFSC in peace education. counseling conscientious objectors to war particularly those In CPS camps, and continued this work in New York. This is a look at that world through his eyes.

NPLS 1971 270 PP. Paper

$9.00 USED - availability checked Mar 14th 4:13pm EDT

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George Watson

Innovative Quaker Educator

BY GEORGE WATSON
George Watson married Elizabeth Grill in 1937, and in 1938 they both joined 57th Street Meeting. They had 4 children and also raised 3 orphaned sisters from Germany who had been pen pals. During the War, the Watsons worked with AFSC, George was drafted as a CO in 1945 and after the War began a long career teaching at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Both George and Elizabeth were very active in FWCC. Moving to Long Island they helped found Lloyd Harbor Meeting. In 1980 George retired, and the couple moved to Friends Community in Easton, Mass. They then traveled extensively in the ministry in the U.S. and Canada and Britain. In 1991, they moved to Minneapolis where Elizabeth died in 2006.

G Watson 2010 207 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

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Henry J. Cadbury

Scholar, Activist, Disciple - Php 376

BY MARGARET HOPE BACON
Cadbury's accomplishments and commitments reached into many worlds. He was widely acknowledged as an author and as a biblical scholar and translator. He was a professor at Harvard Divinity School, Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges and Pendle Hill. A strong and steady voice for peace and racial justice, he lived his faith through social action. For Henry Cadbury, that activism was expressed principally through the AFSC, of which he was a founder and long-time board chair. Margaret Hope Bacon, the prominent Quaker Historian, who was his associate at AFSC for many years, draws upon her unique perspective to acquaint readers with his full and rich life.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2005 38 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

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Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark

Turned In The Hand Of God - Php 393

BY LYNDON BACK
Rebecca Clark led a remarkable life that spanned the 20th century. This pamphlet explores one year in that life, when she took the first steps toward a career of service around the world. "The forging of a person's character takes a lifetime," writes Back. "Yet there are periods along the way when outer circumstance and inner forces combine to form a crucible, a time of transformation. Rebecca's year as a volunteer for the AFSC in Poland at the end of the WW1 was one of those times. She was 24 years old, unmarried, and just out of nurses training. . . ." Based on diaries, letters, and other archival resources, a young woman's quest for faithfulness and meaning comes to life.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2007 36 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

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